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There's no such thing as a foolproof system. That idea fails to take into account the creativity of fools.

~Frank Abagnale

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One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: About Educate Found One Thing People Risk Show Show People Something Thing Will You

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I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Again Before Blew Bulk Bundle Every Fantastic Fine Foods Foxes Gourmet Half Luxurious Millionaire Nickel Other Over Sensual Stole Threads Twice Wheels

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If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it.

~Frank Abagnale

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Most people don't recognize me, but they know my name. TSA people rarely recognize my name, ironically, and they are the security people.

~Frank Abagnale

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I went to the library and learned how checks work. I found out that routing numbers are like zip codes: the checks are sent to the bank that correlates to the routing number. If I manipulate those numbers to a bank far away, it would take longer to get back to the bank, which gave me more time to write more bad checks.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Away Back Bad Bank Checks Codes Far Far Away Found Gave Get How Learned Library Like Longer Manipulate Me More Number Numbers Out Sent Take Those Time Which Work Would Write Zip

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Every breach you look at occurred because somebody inside did something they weren't supposed to do. Sometimes there's an accomplice, but most of the time, it's innocent.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Accomplice Because Breach Did Every Innocent Inside Look Most Occurred Somebody Something Sometimes Supposed Time Were You

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If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Bad Been Catch Days Documents Looked Me Two Would Cbs

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I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Believer Controls Could Employees Employer Honest Keep Moral Moral Obligation Never Obligation Position Put Something Tempted True True Believer Where Why You Your

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Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to be liable for it. Banks don't look at signatures. They're processing millions of checks and they have very little liability.

~Frank Abagnale

Topics: Banks Checks Liability Liable Little Look Millions Mistake Order Processing Protected Really Something Them Very Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: April 27th, 1948

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